Limehouse London (sanitary) District

Created: 1889   Abolished: 1900

Statistics

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.

We know of no alternate names.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
LIMEHOUSE CP/ExP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 333.
RATCLIFFE CP/Hmlt Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 338.
SHADWELL ParLib/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 342.
WAPPING Hmlt/CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 347.

We know of no associations with other units.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
LONDON Poor Law/Registration Division     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Sanitary Districts'.
LONDON Poor Law/Registration County 1889 1900 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Limehouse (London (sanitary) District) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10062410

Date accessed: 09th December 2025